I want to talk today about a simple concept: I want to pose that there is a difference between being ORGANIZED and being TIDY. ...
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Week 7 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: Heading Into the Bathroom
Six weeks down, and ten weeks ahead, we’re well into reclaiming our homes and our lives, one space at a time! We’ve...
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Fighting the “I Might Need It Some Day” Force
I know these words have crossed your mind, and maybe your lips, when you’ve been going through the piles, the stacks,...
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Week 6 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge, All the Clothes, part 3
It’s Week 6! We’re still in the area of our wardrobes, but we’re moving past the primary parts — the...
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Facing Sentimental Items While Trying to Get Organized
Sentimental keepsakes, mementos, and memorabilia. It’s one of the toughest categories that I go through with clients, and...
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Week 5 of the 2016 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: All the Clothes, Week 2
It’s Week 5. First, a shout out: You’re more than 25% done with The Challenge! Hooray! High Fives for Everyone!...
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Three Ways To Get Your Mail Under Control
You get mail. Maybe a lot of mail, maybe not. It comes 6 days a week. It can become, if left neglected, a pile, a monster....
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Gifts and Guilt: How to Let Go of Both
Gift Guilt. The struggle is real. Whenever you’re going through items to declutter, or even if you’re just dealing...
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Focus and Finish: The Keys to Completing Organizing Projects
If you’ve joined us for Week 1’s assignment — working on your pantry and refrigerator and tupperware –...
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Top 5 Things I Hear From Clients and What You Can Learn From My Answers
Over my career as a Professional Organizer, I can genuinely say that of the dozens and dozens and dozens of clients I’ve...
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Before and After: The Spare Room Goes from Ugh to Ahhhh….
Today, I got to work with one of my clients to totally transform a spare room into a breath of fresh air! She’d told me a...
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Week 15 of 15 in 15 in ’15 Challenge: The Book Collection
Week 15! We made it! 15 weeks, letting go of at least 15 things, in 2015. Did you do them all so far? So, what’s a...
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